A Good Read: Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland talk favourite books
Actors Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland talk books with Harriett Gilbert. Including Close Range: Brokeback Mountain, The Elegance of The Hedgehog and The Naked Civil Servant.
The actors Sarah Hadland (Miranda, That Mitchell and Webb Look) and Russell Tovey (Being Human, The History Boys) recommend favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Sarah's choice is French hit The Elegance of The Hedgehog. Russell's is Close Range: Brokeback Mountain, made into a film with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal and Harriett's is The Naked Civil Servant.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
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